Description
The book contains 274 pages
reverse inscribed in pencil "ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOME OF THE CREW OF U-BOAT U11
where he was hospitalized for two days (June 18 to 20) with an undisclosed illness and promoted to Leading Aircraftman on July 31st
the reverse with a raised crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch
94 mm x 95
Germany, Wehrmacht. A War Merit Cross I Class, with Case, by Steinhauer & Lück visually-hidden The book contains 274 pages(Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Etui). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flattened and rounded catch, the pinback maker marked with Prsidialkanzlei code 4 for Steinhauer & Lck, Ldenscheid, measuring 48. 32 mm (w) x 48. 12 mm (h), weighing 16. 0 grams, accompanied by a period